Improved harness saddles



`l vim m25 @anni @man .ALGER-NON GILLIAM, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR .TO HIMSEL AND F. AND H. DIEH'L,`OF THE SAME PLAGE.

13mm Param: 64,214, ma April 3o, 1867.

IMPROVED HARNESS SADDLES.v

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Be it knoiv'n that I, ALGERNON GILLIAM, of Cincinnati, in the county ofl Hamilton, and -State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful improvement in Harness Saddles; and I hereby declare the following to be al full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification. i,

- The most distinguishing feature of my invention is a peculiarly-formed metallic cantle, whose use, besides greatly simplifying, cheapening, and beautifying this portion of the harness, adds greatly to its durability.

Figure l is a perspective view of aharness saddle embodying my improvements, my metallic cantle being detached. I A Y 1 I v Figure 2 is a transverse section through the centre of'the same.

The tree A is of metal, (preferably of malleable.iron,) and has projecting rearwards from it a suitable crupperv loop, B, and obliquely upward and rearward a lug, C, which serves to stifen the tree at its most importantpart,V

the crotch, and being traversed by' a screw-threaded orifice, D, to receive a screw, E, becomes a medium of con-1 nection for the di'erent partis, as hereinafter explained. The seat F is also preferably of metal, and is rmly secured to the tree A bymeansxof the vchecklhook G, Whose shank, traversing the front end oi" the seat, is held fast by a nut beneath the tree, and also at the rear end by my metal cantle H. My metallic cantle is provided with a recurved lip, I, that engages over the edge. of the seat F, and holds the leather or other covering, J, and. with an orifice, K, to receive the screw E,which, entering the screw-threaded orifice D, serves to uniteto the tree the cantle and the rear portion of the seat, and to bind tightlyto the latter the rear margin of the cover, thus dispensing with the usual nut beneath the crotch ofthe tree, near its rear edge, for holding the tree and seat together at that part, which, besides being a source of Weakness to thevtree, so frequently galls the back of the horse. v

The metallic sheath or cantle H can be made to ontlast any of the ordinary leather bindings andcantles, will take quite a sharp blow without fra-ying or cutting through, as is the case with the lea-ther binding, and canv be applied, removed, or replaced-in a small part of the time consumed in the customary process, which is substantially as follows: Alpiece of leather is pasted over the back edge of the seatfor the cantle cover, and then the leather covering of the seat is pasted on, and the edgesrof the cantle cover and seat cover are pasted together at the rear edge, so asto form an upturned edge, which must then be laid aside to dry, and when dry must be trimmed o', allowing about'the eighth of an inch projection above the'iron; then the bindingmust be pasted on and the whole left again until dry; then it must be stitched by hand; all of which requires six times the amount of labor required to cover a. tree on my plan of construction. In addition to these advantages it may be stated that the improved tree vwith its metallic cantle will ontlast si); of the leather bindings, and present a more perfeet and beautiful finish with a great saving of cost. I

I claim herein as new, and-oi` my invention- The arrangement of re-curved and overlapping metallic cantle H, and lug- C, or devices substantially equivalent, enabling the fastening the rear portions of the' seat, seat cover, and tree securely together by the agency of a single screw, ,as and for: the purposes set forth.

In testimony oi' whichA invention I'hereuntolset my hand. i I i ALGERNON GILLIAM.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, JAMES EL LAYMAN. 

